Call for Papers

The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Mixed reality Implications on Cultural Heritage Experience – MrICHE 2021
In conjunction with the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2021 – ismar21.org)
Bari, Italy
October 4, 2021
https://fcrlab.unime.it/calls/mriche2021

Papers submission deadline: June 23, 2021

MISSION:

The main aim of the workshop is discussing, ideating, and prototyping use-cases for creating immersive Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality experiences for the purpose of making both new functions and reuse of the existing cultural heritage, as well as promoting the born of a new cultural heritage based on digital technology. Moreover, the workshop wants to stress the relationship which occurs between users, technology and environment. In addition, a further intent consists in encouraging and developing a deeper understanding of the social, ethical and epistemic implications of the interaction between human beings and augmented environment.… read more. “Call: 1st IEEE International Workshop on MR Implications on Cultural Heritage Experience”

Call for Papers

Minds & Machines special issue on
The sociotechnical systems approach for Artificial Intelligence

Guest Editors:
Olya Kudina, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology
Ibo van de Poel, Professor, Delft University of Technology

Deadline for paper submissions: September 1, 2021

DESCRIPTION

A sociotechnical systems approach is a generally recognized lens to look at complex technologies by underscoring the intrinsic entanglement of their technical, social and institutional dimensions that together produce specific use patterns and ethical concerns (e.g. Franssen 2015; Kroes et al. 2006). What distinguishes Artificial Intelligence (AI) from traditional sociotechnical systems is the presence of artificial agents, or algorithms, and technical rules that manage their interaction with the other elements of the system (Van de Poel 2020). In addition, the presence of human-like elements (e.g. intelligent agents) is increased in a dynamic, evolving environment. However, the way artificial agents learn may not be understandable to human actors, making uncertainty and unpredictability in AI systems present to a higher degree than in traditional systems.… read more. “Call: “The sociotechnical systems approach for AI” issue of Minds and Machines”

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021)
10-13 November 2021
Singapore and Online
Conference format: Hybrid with joint programme with the International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2021; https://hai-conference.net/hai2021/)
www.colips.org/conferences/icsr2021

Submission deadline: 13th June 2021

GENERAL INFORMATION

The 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. ICSR 2021 will take place in Singapore as a hybrid conference on 10-13 November 2021. Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of the ICSR 2021 published by Springer LNAI series.

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Robotics in our everyday lives’, emphasising on the increasing importance of robotics in human daily living.

The conference welcomes original contributions describing technically rigorous scientific and philosophical advances in the area of social robotics and AI: innovative ideas and concepts, new discoveries and improvements, novel applications on the latest fundamental advances in the core technologies that form the backbone of social robotics, distinguished developmental projects, as well as seminal works in aesthetic design, ethics and philosophy, studies on social impact and influence pertaining to social robotics, and its interaction and communication with human beings and its social impact on our society.… read more. “Call: 13th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2021)”

Call for Proposals

FLAT journal – Issue 0.2: Touch
https://flatjournal.com/cfp/

Submission deadline: August 1st, 2021

To our readers, writers, and passersby,

We are living with the unmistakably eerie feeling that perception has been broken down for parts and recombined into something else.  Something built for and by blue-light screens, tiny monophonic speakers, and just enough tactility to find the right key to press or swipe on a glass screen.

For this year’s issue, we are looking for co-conspirators (despite the dangers of breathing together) to rebuild our understanding of touch and its necessity to perception, bodies, and being in the world. In working through the theme of TOUCH we asked if it is possible to understand Touch as Language, and how to make sense of the loss of that language during COVID? What is the syntax or grammar of touch? Can touch be learned?… read more. “Call: FLAT journal – Issue 0.2: Touch”

Call for Papers:

CONVERSATIONS 2021 – 5th International Workshop on Chatbot Research
November 23-24, 2021
Online virtual event hosted by the University of Amsterdam
https://conversations2021.wordpress.com

Paper submission deadline: September 1, 2021

Chatbot researchers and practitioners are invited to join CONVERSATIONS 2021, a two-day workshop on chatbot research and design. This is the fifth CONVERSATIONS workshop, where researchers with an interest in chatbots and conversational user interfaces collaborate and share. The workshop is free of charge. Following from the pleasant experience of last year’s virtual event, also CONVERSATIONS 2021 will be fully online.

Paper presentations and groupworks are important parts of the workshop, and we encourage researchers and practitioners to submit papers and proposals.

All papers undergo thorough double-blind peer review. Accepted full papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, published in Springer LNCS, and are also considered for the workshop Best Paper award.… read more. “Call: CONVERSATIONS 2021 – 5th International Workshop on Chatbot Research”